Software Engineer Manager, Node Performance

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager in Sunnyvale, CA, to lead multiple engineering teams and drive the roadmap for large-scale compute infrastructure across Google Cloud. You will manage projects, guide engineers, and contribute to product strategy while enabling teams to optimize their code and performance.

The role emphasizes leadership across sites, budget oversight, and delivering major compute infrastructure initiatives at scale, with focus on reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 3 years in developing large-scale infrastructure or related areas.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years in people management or team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze computer systems and their interactions with kernel, hardware, and compute infrastructure users.
• Partner with technical leaders to build and align the team's roadmap.
• Drive team planning, strategy, and execution against the roadmap.
• Drive high-impact cross-functional projects within Google Compute Infrastructure (GCI).
• Build and maintain a healthy team culture based on collaboration and innovation.

Skills

Software development experience

Technical leadership

People management

Large-scale infrastructure

Compute/storage/hardware knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience managing and influencing large groups of engineers and driving large-scale efforts to fruition.
• Experience with system software, distributed systems, cluster management, and complex multi-component software systems.
• Passion for reliability, efficiency, and scale as well as an understanding of key concepts in performance analysis and tuning.

About the job:

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.

With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

The Node Performance team bridges the gaps between hardware, Linux, compute infrastructure, and user tasks to deliver $XXXM/year of efficiency savings fleet-wide. We are tasked with building compute products in compute infrastructure and landing the next generation of huge efficiency gains. We routinely work in deeply ambiguous spaces, working across teams at Google to enable new performance and efficiency and better reliability.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities:

• Design and analyze computer systems and their interactions with the kernel, hardware, cluster software, and compute infrastructure users.
• Partner with technical leaders within and outside of the compute infrastructure organization to build and align the team's roadmap.
• Drive the team's planning and strategy as well as owning execution against the roadmap.
• Drive high impact, cross-functional projects within and beyond the broader Google Compute Infrastructure (GCI) organization.
• Build and maintain a healthy team culture based on collaboration, innovation, and doing the right thing.